The Flagstaff House – Ghana’s seat of Government – has been re-christened the Golden Jubilee House as Nana Akufo-Addo takes office from January 7, 2017.
The plush presidential palace was re-built in 2008 during the tenure of former President John Agyekum Kufuor. It was then known as the Golden Jubilee House until the National Democratic Congress (NDC) took over governance of the country in 2009 under the late president Prof. John Evans Atta Mills. Mills moved the office of the president back to the Osu Castle and later changed the sign in front of the building back to its original name claiming that the previous government had not used a Legislative Instrument to effect the change as required by law.
“Yes, we are going to use the name Golden Jubilee House to refer to the presidential palace instead of Flagstaff House. That’s how Nana Addo has referred to it throughout his campaign,” a top official of the incoming NPP government told Starrfmonline.com.
“Everybody should come and ride on the back of the Elephant. The Elephant has entered the White House let us get the elephant in the Jubilee House – Ghana’s seat of government,” Nana Addo said during the 2016 electioneering.
THE FLAGSTAFF HOUSE
Location: Accra
Inaugurated: November 2008
Cost: $30-50 million
Ranking: World’s 10th most beautiful Presidential palace
Background
When Prof. Mills came to power he refused to occupy the Flagstaff House, preferring the colonial edifice the Osu Castle as the seat of government. The house was temporarily used as offices for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs until the presidency was moved there later in 2013.
The Flagstaff House has served as a residence and office to the President of Ghana. It was built on the site of a building that was constructed and used for administrative purposes by the British Gold Coast Government.
The current edifice was funded by the Indian government.
Source: starrfmonline.com
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If changing of names by NDC did not improve living standards, bring down inflation, pay for trainees allowances and bring jobs, and so lost elections; the NPP would go ahead to change names and at the same time improve living standards, bring down inflation, pay for trainees allowances and bring jobs and then win next election Isha Allah.
CAN WE SPEAK THE TRUTH FOR ONCE? WHO BUILD THE HOUSE AND NAMED IT? WHO CHANGED THE NAME AND WHY? ALL WRONGS OF NDC WILL BE CORRECTED BY NANA ADDO AND NPP .NANA I SALLUTE YOU.
Yea, animal1 farm. This UP/NPP. People should read their history and Ghana downfall. This UP/NPP was the first party to devalue cedis, they are the first party to deport foreigners from Ghana. Their Afrifa was the first person to killed two fante men in firing squad in Ghana because of kwame Nkrumah.These fante men are Arthur and Yeboah. But fante people has forget.
Yea, ***barred word*** farm. This UP/NPP. People should read their history and Ghana downfall. This UP/NPP was the first party to devalue cedis, they are the first party to deport foreigners from Ghana. Their Afrifa was the first person to killed two fante men in firing squad in Ghana because of kwame Nkrumah.These fante men are Arthur and Yeboah. But fante people has forget.
The change in name is not merely cosmetic and petty! You see "Flagstaff house" is the name that the British Colonialists gave to each headquarters of their military operations in any colony! Can we genuinely claim that our current Presidential complex is nothing more than a COLONIAL MILITARY HQ? If not then let us stop pretending that it's mere rhetoric and hair splitting exercise! The actual 'Flagstaff House' is only a small part of the whole complex! It became our Presidency when Nkrumah by executive fiat exchanged it for the Roman Ridge Presidential building which the CDS used to occupy till the AFRC coup. The complex was put up in the Golden Jubilee year, hence the insistence on the original name!
The sitting of the oil ministry in the western region is a must. if nana addo refuses to bring the entire oil operations offices in Ghana to where it is being taken we the people of nzema land will stop the oil and gas operations completely. we cannot continue to be poor whiles all the oil and gas money is sent to Accra New York and London. we are the owners of these important minerals and we deserve better than this. the oil minister must certainly come from the west! he must be an indigenous son of the western region. if this unfortunate neglect persists we will start fight for independence.
We will never develop as a nation if we continue to do this to ourselves.
Well, if changing names will improve living standards, bring down inflation, pay for trainees allowances and bring jobs, NPP should go ahead. We live to judge next election.
common sense revisited
@Golden Jubilee House, well said, I wouldn't have said it better. I salute.